The ministers spent £ 2.4m in legal fees, fighting a fighting to keep a terrible defense data leak secret for two years. An unprecedented superinjunction, It has emerged.
Mode leaked in February 2022, Details of thousands of Afghans exposed Who said that he was in danger from the Taliban due to the link of Britain’s armies and now wanted to run away from Britain.
Brech was discovered only in August 2023 when the leaked database was posted online, inspiring a top-migrant government operation in which 16,000 affected Afghans were brought to the UK for security.
The entire operation was kept secret from the public through the use of a superinjunction, which was brought to the world against the world.
Now, shared with freedom of information data the new York Times This has revealed that the government spent £ 2.4M in legal fees while fighting to keep the scheme secret.
The hidden rehabilitation plan, the fact that the data was leaked, and prohibitory orders came to light only after a court fight, including media organizations – in which it was to last about two years – including – Independent – Fought a fight to raise the order.
After the superstition, the government admitted that important information was available for its reversal last year. In July, the unprecedented gagging order was eventually removed after a commissioned review by Defense Secretary John Helle was not significant for those in the list.
In a written response High court The judge’s demand is for further investigation on why the order cannot be raised, a senior government official admitted that there was a large amount of information allowing the publication of the violation of the violation. Already known for the Ministry of Defense.
High Court Judge Mr. Justice Chamberlane did first Decided to raise the superinjunction in May 2024, Partly because he realized that privacy was preventing Afghans from being able to help themselves to help themselves, as the order meant that the affected 18,700 Afghans could not be told that their information was compromised.
However, the government appealed in a bid to place this decision, and the people affected by the breech only learned that the superinjunction was exposed when they were removed.
The legal costs of defending the order come up as the Afghans promised that a new life in Britain has been detained in the Pakistan Police raid.
A former Afghan interpreter, which was exposed to Mod Breech, is detained after his proposal to move to Britain. A former Afghan Special Force Commando And his family has also been detained According to a family member, Pakistan-Afghanistan was taken to the border, which managed to escape the arrest.
The Ministry of Defense has been contacted for comments.